This week was spent working and exploring North Buffalo and discovering a place of infinite beauty where over 155,000 people rest in peace. While navigating Delaware Ave I slowed down unexpectedly to marvel at the sheer size of Forest Lawn cemetery. An enormous front gate welcomes the dearly departed with stone arches and blooming spring […]
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Did I really forget my Nikon while visiting Opus 40 today? Shamefully, I did. But because the indigenous bluestone garden is so spectacular it’s impossible for even a camera phone to take a bad photo. Harvey Fite, a visionary sculpture artist spent nearly 40 years (1938-1976) or roughly half his life chiseling a pile of […]
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Goshen does not have a good connotation for me. Not far from downtown sits the Mid Hudson Psychiatric Center. For years I visited a family member with extreme mental illness in Goshen. Patients and family members at the State Forensics Facility are, sometimes, bereft of hope and recovery. It’s a sad situation. But, my relative […]
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This week PilotGirl has an influx of towns to discovery while on assignment. On Monday, I start the journey in Bellport, NY, a charming hamlet equal distance between NYC and Montauk on southern side of Long Island. I poked around their version of Main Street finding it unusually quiet but sure of its’ appeal come […]
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On Saturday, I dragged Dad kicking and screaming up Overlook Mountain in the Catskills. The day before it was Monument Mountain in the Berkshires. Today, it would have been an Adirondack High Peak if he didn’t duck out so quickly. Hey, if Pop wants to “pop in” unannounced he’s got to survive the consequences.. like […]
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Lambertville: home of shad chowder, Wild Bill’s Olde Fashion Soda and the Delaware/Raritan Canal. While working in Princeton this week I got talking to a gal who can’t wait to get married. Not because of the man she intends to marry or the dress she intends to wear or the honeymoon that follows. It’s because […]
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The Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Alchemist and Barrister, Triumph Brewing Company, Winberies followed by a slice at Conte’s Pizza and Bar; few things are as enjoyable as a night out in Princeton, NJ. A working assignment has me enjoying Ivy League privileges for a couple days this week. My clients are from Toronto and have […]
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Yurts are lightweight, portable and ideal for family camping. These have triple the headroom of a pup tent, sleep up to six people and even carry electricity. It’s no wonder the yurts at October Mountain Campground in Lee, Massachusetts rent out so quickly. These are also wheelchair accessible but, sorry, no dogs allowed. Due to […]
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